Sometimes rock-based musicians are better off scaling back and stripping down the instrumental expanse to work in an intimate acoustic setting. This live-in-the-studio approach allows for greater up-front emoti...

The city of Newark is currently undergoing its greatest revitalization. New entertainment spots have sprung up recently, including the Prudential Center Arena, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Riverfront S...

Attractive front woman, Juliet Simms, is clearly determined to make it as an international rock star. Not only does she ‘got the looks’ of an MTV-approved artist, but she also possesses one of the strongest voi...

When Marnie Stern fidgets with the neck of her electric guitar sparks fly off her fingertips. A native New Yorker who still calls Manhattan home, the slim blonde-haired, green-eyed lass attended prestigious dow...

The bulk of New York’s beer elite converged upon Williamsburg’s eminent Brooklyn Brewery early September to promote the 3rd Annual NY Craft Beer Week, Sept. 24th through Oct. 3rd. Not only will $10 passports al...

Named after a former gal pal from Canada’s French-speaking capital, Of Montreal is the nom de plume for brainchild Kevin Barnes’ fascinatingly prolific Athens, Georgia-based indie pop combo. Initiated in the la...

One of America’s newest musical sensations has been a humble East Coast quintet that grew out of an absurdist art project at a snootily unappreciative upscale college. It may have taken them a few months to cat...

You don’t need to have a sunup hangover or dawning erection to “get” the Morning Benders’ sly moniker. One of the coolest baroque pop units to hit the scene since the Elephant Collective went south ‘round 2000,...

Living in the modern world without forsaking a charmingly typecast retro spirit sometimes tied to theatrical familial roots, old-fashioned composing thespian Zooey Deschanel amassed a number of eclectic origina...